4A Games on Metro Redux Upgrades

While some owners of Metro: Last Light and Metro 2033 feel they
should be entitled to a free upgrade to the spiffed up
Metro Redux remake, 4A Games feels
offering owners of the original games a 50% discount on the remade bundle is
"more than fair," offering those who think otherwise the option of not buying
Redux (thanks
GameSpot). Here's a bit:

For sure, Metro 2033 Redux is a far more
significant upgrade over the original than Metro: Last Light Redux (and we're
not trying to pretend otherwise).

We think the 50% discount is more than fair for the amount of work that has gone
into this title. It is a complete remake of the original game in the latest
engine, that will offer a significantly different experience from the original
throughout with improved graphics, performance and gameplay.

Metro: Last Light Redux, we will readily admit, does not represent as
significant a change over the original. So why the same 50% discount and not
more? Why not just patch the game?

The latter proved to be impossible for a technical reason. Because of the
changes to the engine, which necessitated dropping 32-bit support; we literally
could not 'patch' the game.

In fact, both Redux games will exist as new titles in your Steam libraries, and
the originals will still be there.

So why ‘only’ a 50% discount, the same as 2033?

We felt that because the Redux version also included the DLC in addition to the
new game mode and enhancements, that was also a fair price.